Electricty cuts in Syria's Aleppo worsen Much of Syria is regularly plunged into debilitating darkness, experts have said, highlighting the scale of the war's devastation as the conflict enters its fifth year. The divided and devastated city of Aleppo, once Syria's main commercial hub, has been the worst hit with 97 percent of night lights extinguished in the past four years. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES from Aleppo